I probably would never know what a dream catcher is if not forPinterest(I see Pinterest as my source of knowledge and inspiration) and that is where I saw this beautiful picture of a handmade dream catcher ring and fell in love with this Native American protective charm.

I (as always) went to Google and it showed me sites that provide dream catcher tutorials complete with numerous possible woven web patterns for it. I quickly realized that the most popular (or those that showed up a lot in Google) are the crocheted doily dream catchers; they look alike but they actually carry different patterns and sizes. Some made their own rings by bending tree branches together, while others use embroidery hoops as their rings (and all of them are very pretty too!)

I myself would love to have the crocheted doily dream catcher, but, what to do? I’ve never knitted nor done any crochet work before :( So, I went for the traditional dream chaser, weaving the web string by string. I got everything tangled up in the beginning and everything went messy (I used rope for my dream catcher and the fibres that kept coming out of the braids were driving me crazy). It might be pretty challenging (or not) for a first timer like me (at least it challenged my patience) but once you know your way around, you should find it fun.

I was looking for something round for the ring when I saw the PVC pipe I used in my previous work lying around the corner. I experimented a bit in creating the pattern and tried making a single layer web and a double layer web dream catchers.

Continue building the web and leave the end of the rope a bit longer when you are done with the weaving. Generally, feather and beads are decorated at the bottom of the loop (starting from where you stop your weaving) but here, I had them starting from the top part (image below).